Wall panel mounting device



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' ATTY-SZ United States Patent 3,545,153 WALL PANEL MOUNTING DEVICE Franz Bach, Marktplatz 9, Dusseldorf, Germany, and

Adam Jung, Dusseldorfer Strasse 10/12, Cologne- Mulheim, Germany Filed Feb. 28, 1968, Ser. No. 708,975 Claims priority, applicfitign 4(11r1ermany, Mar. 1, 1968, 1

rm. 01.120411 2/28; E04c 1/40 US. Cl. 52-407 5 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE The invention relates to a device for mounting facing panels upon walls and the like; and the invention has reference, more particularly, to a novel device for securing facing panels to the facadal covering of a building wall.

It is known in the art to install paneled facings over building slabs to cover the facadal surface of a building by fitting holders for panels whose distance from the wall can be adjusted with respect to the walls. The facing panels are mounted on the holding plates and joint covering strips are utilized. In this way there remains between the wall and the facadal covering an air space for ventilation purposes.

Heretofore the mounting of the facadal covering has been accomplished by connecting the facadal panels, e.g., asbestos cement panels or the like, directly to the holders by screws. The facadal panels are mounted with a spacing from each other. Along the joint or spacing thus arising between the facadal panels, are laid cover strips. In this manner the facadal panels are able to expand or contract due to the heat or cold arising from the influence of the weather. Mounting of the panels heretofore has been made by joining the cover strip and the holder firmly to one another; that is the locking screw was led through the facadal panel, the cover strip and the holders. Such a method of securing has required the parts to correspond accurately to each other in dimension. There can be considerable difficulties encountered as a result of this in mounting of a facadal covering since the wall, as a general rule, does not have a perfectly level surface. In addition, the placing of the wall anchors at mathematically precise intervals is not possible. It can therefore occur that the pre-bored holes in the facadal panels do not align with the screw holes in the holders. This requires new holes to be bored in the holder. On occasion these are located where there is a stiffening rib or the like. As a result, there can arise considerable difficulties. At the very least, the mounting of the facadal covering is made more expensive by the additional work.

The present invention was conceived and developed with the above factors in view and also to provide a paneling arrangement which has more flexibility in its mounting than the prior art arrangements.

It follows that an object of the present invention is to provide a wall panel mounting device which secures the panels in a weather-tight manner and in a minimum of time to install the panels in position.

More particularly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a simple structural wall panel mounting device for holding panels in place and to provide effective covering of the abutting edges of the adjacent panels with edge covering strips.

Illustrative embodiments of this invention are shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of' the installed assembly of the wall panel mounting device with the wall and the insuation sheet according to the invention;

FIG. 2 is a top fragmentary sectional view of an embodiment of the holder plate with above and below corner reinforcements;

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a top fragmentary sectional view of another embodiment of the holder plate;

FIG. 5 is a side sectional view of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a side sectional view of the annular spring spacer;

FIG. 7 is a top view of the annular spring spacer; and

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the operation of the annular spring spacer.

The mounting device for securing facing panels to a wall or the like has a holder plate 1 which is secured to an anchor 2 which is set in a wall 3. The holder plate 1 is provided with screw apertures 4 which are adapted to receive screws 5 by means of which the facing panels 6 are firmly secured to the holder plate 1. In addition, there is provided a spacer 7 interposed between the holder plate 1 and an insulating sheet 8 which is preferably composed of panels of insulating material.

The holder plate 1 is of plate shape, and may be square, rectangular or circular. Preferably in the area of screw apertures 4 the holder plate 1 is provided with material reinforcement sections 9. In FIGS. 1, 3 and 5, it is illustrated that the material reinforcement sections 9 have a thicker cross-section than the remainder of the surface of the holder plate 1. This greater thickness provides an appropriate thickness of material for adequately holding the screws 5 in the apertures 4.

The size of the area of material reinforcement sections 9 is determined by the width of the edge covering strip 10 being utilized in practicing the invention. The greater the width for strip 10, the less the area of reinforcements 9. Further, increased thickness of the reinforcements 9 provide a depressed area over the remainder surface of the holder plate 1. This depression retains the edge covering strips therein (see FIG. 1). Also the edge covering strips 10 are held in position by virtue of a clamping action that exists because of its position between holder plate 1 and panels 6 (see FIG. 1). It can be readily seen that the clamping action of screws 5 provide a clamping of the strips 10 that are interposed between the plate 1 and several of the panels 6. Therefore, both the holder plates recessed edges adjacent to the edges of strip 10 and the above defined clamping action provide a snug and secure fit for the edge covering strips 10.

In the embodiment of FIGS. 2 and 3, there are reinforcement sections 9 on one side and other reinforcement sections 9 are on the opposite side of the holder plate 1. This type of holder plate is especially useful in the mounting of panels adjacent the corner of a wall. For similar reasons, the holder plate 1 in FIGS. 4 and 5 has the reinforcements '9 on the inner side only of the holder plate 1. The plate can however also be designed so that the reinforcement surfaces 9 are arranged on the inner as Well as the outer side of the holder plate.

The holder plate 1 also accommodates an annular dish-like spring 7 which is used in particular for pressing or resiliently urging a layer of insulating material 8 toward the wall. The spacer is preferably shaped so that it has a flat upper or top part 11 to form a circular disk section. Elongated spreader members 12 extend axially and downwardly from the disk and at their lower edges thereof form base sections that are turned outwardly as illustrated in FIG. 6. On the inside surface of the spreaders 12 about half way between the base and the disk sections, circular segments 14 are provided which are made integral with the elongated members 12 and which are directed radially therefrom.

FIG. 8 shows that the elongated members 12 which are located between the holder plate 1 and the layer of insulating material 8 can be moved or bent outwardly a greater or lesser degree according to the distance between the various parts. Thereby the rounded base section 13 presses by spring pressure against the insulation sheet 8. The spring spacer 7 is a separate unit and is preferably pushed on the central fixing eye or hub member 1a of the holder plate 1. The spacers are so designated that a plurality of such spacers could be stacked or nested one within the other when a greater distance than one spacer existed between the wall and the panels.

We claim:

1. A construction for covering the facade of a building with facing panels, comprising a wall member; an anchor means extending to said wall member; a holder plate spaced from said wall member and secured to said anchor means, said holder plate being adjustably mounted with respect to said wall member; reinforcement means positioned on the edges of said holder plate and a recess in the surface of said holder plate between said reinforcement means; a plurality of panel members normally spaced a slight distance from each other; detachable screw means cooperating with said reinforcement means for securing said panel members to said holder plate; and an edge covering strip retained in said recess for effectively covering said space between said panel members.

2. A construction as defined in claim 1, wherein said edge reinforcement means are located on the same side of said holder plate.

3. A construction as defined in claim 1, wherein said edge reinforcement means are located on both sides of said holder plate.

4. A construction as defined in claim 1, and further comprising an annular spring spacer surrounding said anchor means; and a layer of insulating material adjacent said wall member; said spacer resiliently urging said layer toward said wall member.

5. A construction as defined in claim 4, wherein said annular spacer includes a disk portion, a plurality of elongated spreader members extending axially from said disk portion and turning outwardly at their ends opposite said disk portion, and radially directed circular 1 segments projecting inwardly from said spreader memher and positioned between said disk and base portions.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS ALFRED C. PERHAM, Primary Examiner S. D. BURKE III, Assistant Examiner US. Cl. X.R. 

